The International Committee For The Nanking Safety Zone - Timeline

Timeline

• 22 November 1937 – The International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone is organized by a group of foreigners to shelter Chinese refugees.
• 12 December 1937 – Chinese soldiers are ordered to withdraw from Nanking
• 13 December 1937 – Japanese troops capture Nanking
• 14 December 1937 – The International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone lodges the first protest letter against Japanese atrocities with the Japanese Embassy.
• 19 February 1938 – The last of the 69 protest letters against Japanese atrocities is sent by the Safety Zone Committee to the Japanese Embassy and announces the renaming of the committee as the Nanking International Relief Committee.